Archives - 31 December 2013, Tuesday

It's been another year of wonderful food discoveries! Here are my top ten highlights for the year! 1. Heaven's Putu Mayyam Resurrection Freshly made Putu Mayyam $2.20 The year started with the resurrection of freshly made Putu Mayyam! This was very exciting as freshly made Putu Mayyam...

This is a very special makansutra dinner. Special because two of Singapore’s pioneer chefs – Sin Leong and Hooi Kok Wai, gathered to cook for us. If you have no idea who they are, both chefs together with Tham Yew Kai and Lau Yoke Pui are known as the Four Heavenly Kings of the culina...

Dining alone is not unusual. I mean when one needs to have lunch or dinner, food rather than company seems more necessary. While I have dined alone at home, in kopitiams, food courts and canteens, dining alone at a restaurant was something I have not done before. Restaurant dining to ...

It is truly sad when many comfort street food stalls and chains wind up because of the manpower supply issues and ridiculous rentals. The Laksania chain, run by former Secret Recipe owner Ms Sim Sin Sin, may close her social enterprise laksa chain stall due to high rentals. Now, the j...

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I’ve had the privilege of trying out the SodaStream recently. With the SodaStream Source, consumers can enjoy delicious bubbles without the wasteful bottles. Using water direct from the tap or filter, SodaStream Source makes a mouth- watering array of fizzy drinks, and can save the av...

Moving forward, URA is putting up an experimental platform in early 2014 to seed food truck culture in Singapore. NParks has also been working on a feasibility study over the last few years, to re-examine allowing food wagons to operate in its parks. It remains to be seen whether this...

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BreadTalk said the aluminium in the Hong Kong muffins came from an employee accidentally adding too much baking powder, which can contain the metal. "It is an isolated incident due to staff inadvertence where a higher-than-stipulated amount of baking powder was used in the production,...

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The Internet is awash with snaps of all kinds of food, from the most basic breakfast to deliciously lavish dinners. Don't miss these... 'Mok-bang' too much to stomach South Korea's new trend: Earn money by letting people watch you eat on webcam But a trend in South Korea is taking the...

SINGAPORE - The newly refurbished markets and food centres located at Block 6 Tanjong Pagar Plaza and Block 44 Holland Drive will be open for business on Jan 1, 2014, after 10 months of renovation works. Other than a more spacious area, patrons can enjoy more pleasant and hygienic din...

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Your eggs have been in a refrigerator for a long time and you are uncertain if they are still safe to consume. Don't miss these... How to remove shell from egg in seconds - with nothing but a cup Instead of risking a tummy ache after your meal, why don't you perform a test to find out...

A uniquely Singaporean festive celebration With Grand Hyatt Singapore’s local-inspired buffet restaurant StraitsKitchen you don’t have to put aside your cravings for Singaporean flavours over the festive period. At $68++ for Christmas Eve and Christmas Day Lunch, and $88++ for Christm...

We ate some really great food this year. Here is a round-up of some of our most delicious food photographs shared on Instagram, and the ones most 'liked' by you.. Browse through HungryGoWhere's food gallery with photos and pictures of food and restaurants from users and food writers a...

Washing the dishes is a tedious chore for most of us. But a solution may have arrived -- in the form of the self-cleaning plate. It might sound too good to be true, but thanks to Swedish design duo Tomorrow Machine and research company Innventia, a prototype dishware range including a...

The gluten-free Paleo diet falls into this category, as does the "wheat belly" diet, created by cardiologist William R. Davis and based on his New York Times bestselling book. The principle: wheat is toxic, addictive, and makes you want to eat more junk foods. "Despite the lack of evi...

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A few too many? Scientists offer their best bets on curbing the hangover misery (Photo: Volodymyr Goinyk / Shutterstock.com) From burned toast to raw eggs, there is no shortage of "hangover cures" to fix what ails you. Here's the science behind the best remedy for your pounding head a...